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opposite those of obama. instead of jacking up taxes, he slashedded taxes. instead of exploding spending in the debt, he restrained the growth of spending, and instead of unleashing the hounds of regulators, by the way, when i think of regulators, i can't help but thinking of mr. burns saying, "release the hounds." [laughter] instead of releasing the hounds of regulators on small businesses and entrepreneurs, reagan limited regulation, and the result was an extraordinary burst of productivity that our nation has ever seen. fourth year of reagan's presidency, 1984, corresponding now to the fourth year's of obama presidency. anyone know what gdp growth was in 1984? 7.2%. our ideas work. their ideas don't. if you want growth. if you jobs, if you the the 23 million people struggling to find work to get jobs, the answer is simple. you need growth. to get growth, you've got to reduce and simplify the tax burden, reduce regulations, and unchain small businesses and entrepreneurs. it speaks volumes that over 50% of t
opposite those of obama. instead of jacking up taxes, he slashedded taxes. instead of exploding spending in the debt, he restrained the growth of spending, and instead of unleashing the hounds of regulators, by the way, when i think of regulators, i can't help but thinking of mr. burns saying, "release the hounds." [laughter] instead of releasing the hounds of regulators on small businesses and entrepreneurs, reagan limited regulation, and the result was an extraordinary burst of...
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and he said, well, obama got reelected, but i got reelected, too. and i have to represent my constituents. now, i think about this congress. and i remember when we came up with the bank bailout and what was it -- what we call a? t.a.r.p. then you had the chairman of the federal reserve board and george w. bush, the secretary of the treasury. you have been going to the leadership and telling them that this thing -- this whole economy was going to collapse. maybe the world economy if we didn't deal with it. and they took it to the house of representatives and it was defeated. >> they finally got it passed after the market change. and then you have pretty much the same crowd, putting the full faith and credit of the united states government online. they wouldn't deal with it. and we saw our credit rating go down. that sort of recklessness and political immaturity is exceedingly dangerous. and i don't think we are seeing that much growth of maturity in many members of the congress and many members of the house. >> summarizing the john boehner did put to
and he said, well, obama got reelected, but i got reelected, too. and i have to represent my constituents. now, i think about this congress. and i remember when we came up with the bank bailout and what was it -- what we call a? t.a.r.p. then you had the chairman of the federal reserve board and george w. bush, the secretary of the treasury. you have been going to the leadership and telling them that this thing -- this whole economy was going to collapse. maybe the world economy if we didn't...
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i think that he's engaging obama in the same type of class warfare discussion that obama wants to have and i think we have to go back to the conservative populism of ronald reagan which is to talk about the economy but let me say something else -- we cannot run only on the economic message. we have to be full conservatives on social issues, the national security. >> and aspirational americanism where you are free to go as far as you want to do and to do when you want to do, and you're absolutely right that the hispanic community especially they are very on japan real and when they start small businesses guess what they start liking the government less. >> unfortunately we are out of time so i want to thank you for coming today and join me in thanking the panelists for this terrific discussion. [applause] the fiscal conservative was perhaps best known for his work on the balanced budget act which provided for automatic spending cuts, if the deficit succeeded at an agreed upon limit. after the senate career, he was approached by president clinton to meet treasury secretary, an opportunit
i think that he's engaging obama in the same type of class warfare discussion that obama wants to have and i think we have to go back to the conservative populism of ronald reagan which is to talk about the economy but let me say something else -- we cannot run only on the economic message. we have to be full conservatives on social issues, the national security. >> and aspirational americanism where you are free to go as far as you want to do and to do when you want to do, and you're...
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i never believed that obama quite frankly that obama was going to lose. that peace was not actually a surprise to me and i was very confident going into it on that but the data side, to what chad was talking about on this very narrative is that polling has to show up not just majority in states, polling always have to show up at 56 or 57 to even think we had a shot at voting. and so i went into this very nervous about those votes and so obviously i was pleasantly surprised but i have to admit i have a personal stake in this. i got married in canada in 2004, across the border and i wasn't married. i lived in d.c. for a while, moved to california. i was married for a while in california and then i moved to washington and i wasn't married again. and now, i'm about to get married again. [laughter] thank you. >> hopefully to the same guy. [laughter] don't forget that. >> you don't gets gifts every time either. that's the problem. so i did have this very, i certainly had a personal thing in that so i was very pleasantly surprised on that side and i do think tha
i never believed that obama quite frankly that obama was going to lose. that peace was not actually a surprise to me and i was very confident going into it on that but the data side, to what chad was talking about on this very narrative is that polling has to show up not just majority in states, polling always have to show up at 56 or 57 to even think we had a shot at voting. and so i went into this very nervous about those votes and so obviously i was pleasantly surprised but i have to admit i...
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i joined president obama in his visit to the area. for many people in my state, the boardwalk isn't just a source of pride. it's a source of critical income to our state. in 2008, tourism brought in $38 billion, the largest single source of revenues for our state, and supported more than 300,000 jobs in the state of new jersey. families came from all over the country to walk the boardwalk in atlantic city or take a fishing boat out of one of our ports, point pleasant, or one of the others. or ride the roller coaster at a pier in seaside heights. and this is what sandy did to that roller coaster. look at this. it's almost impossible to see that this roller coaster sits in the water. it's a terrible toned a lot of thoughts -- it's a terrible end to a lot of thoughts and pleasant memories. mr. president, people in new jersey have lost their homes, their belongings and their jobs, and much of that public infrastructure has also been destroyed. but we're tough people in new jersey, and we'll fight our way back from this storm. and i saw th
i joined president obama in his visit to the area. for many people in my state, the boardwalk isn't just a source of pride. it's a source of critical income to our state. in 2008, tourism brought in $38 billion, the largest single source of revenues for our state, and supported more than 300,000 jobs in the state of new jersey. families came from all over the country to walk the boardwalk in atlantic city or take a fishing boat out of one of our ports, point pleasant, or one of the others. or...
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obama by contrast 177% of counties with a whole foods market. now, i was racing, i was doing my whole foods, cracker barrel shtick before -- as a young woman in the audience who said excuse me, did you mean crate & barrel? i've never heard of cracker barrel. [laughter] >> i think that speaks to the mentality of the democratic base these days. that 48% gap, and this is true. i'm not making this up to 48% gap between whole foods counties and cracker barrel counties, when you look at election results and results come back to 1992, that gap is 20% in 1992, 25% in 1996, 32% in 2000. 40% in 2004, 44% in 2008, 48% in 2012. and i would venture to guess it will be over 50% in 2016, if we're headed down this current path. what's the moral of the story? culture and lifestyle are driving voting, not policy, not personal economic considerations and the like. and we have record levels straight ticket voting. as far as coming apart, i think we're coming apart in congress. take a look at the changing demographics as both person congress as a result of this elec
obama by contrast 177% of counties with a whole foods market. now, i was racing, i was doing my whole foods, cracker barrel shtick before -- as a young woman in the audience who said excuse me, did you mean crate & barrel? i've never heard of cracker barrel. [laughter] >> i think that speaks to the mentality of the democratic base these days. that 48% gap, and this is true. i'm not making this up to 48% gap between whole foods counties and cracker barrel counties, when you look at...
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obama or mr. romney as president beginning in january, 2013 they've repeatedly stated by both of them that a iranian nuclear weapon would be unacceptable, and of course there have them statements here on the hill by congress along the same sorts of lines that wouldn't necessarily have to be a problem given that there is no indication to date as our intelligence agencies tell us that iran has decided so far to build a nuclear weapon but certain aspects of the nuclear program particularly enrichment of uranium have come to be perceived in the the date as having a degree of on accepted devotee of their own and of course the israeli prime minister talks about this constantly to the red line and so forth and having the situation turn into a disaster for whoever's administration it is is a problem mainly of political constraints here in this country rather than any lack of negotiating space between iran and the p5+1 in the united states. he would have to have an agreement allowing some uranium enrichmen
obama or mr. romney as president beginning in january, 2013 they've repeatedly stated by both of them that a iranian nuclear weapon would be unacceptable, and of course there have them statements here on the hill by congress along the same sorts of lines that wouldn't necessarily have to be a problem given that there is no indication to date as our intelligence agencies tell us that iran has decided so far to build a nuclear weapon but certain aspects of the nuclear program particularly...
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barack obama -- >> host: what about specifically for leader pelosi? what are your thoughts about her hitting the democratic caucus? >> caller: she sounds pretty good. >> host: thanks for your call. stockton, california, is next. on the independent's line, it says here you're a democrat. stockton, go ahead. >> caller: yeah, i voted for barack obama. >> host: what are your thoughts on leader pelosi staying at the helm here? >> caller: i'm kind of like -- i think jim clyburn got a bum deal when she became speaker. because he was pushed back and steny hoyer -- [inaudible] so i think he she should, yet, think about stepping aside and letting some new coming, some new -- she's from the old school. i still think she should have given more consideration and kind of stepped aside and let some of the younger people. like i said, she thinks from the old school, back in the '70s and '80s. >> host: we haven't heard the complete results but it's likely that yes, it's steny hoyer would remain on as a minority whip, the democratic whip, it's a day full of briefings a
barack obama -- >> host: what about specifically for leader pelosi? what are your thoughts about her hitting the democratic caucus? >> caller: she sounds pretty good. >> host: thanks for your call. stockton, california, is next. on the independent's line, it says here you're a democrat. stockton, go ahead. >> caller: yeah, i voted for barack obama. >> host: what are your thoughts on leader pelosi staying at the helm here? >> caller: i'm kind of like -- i...
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going to hear from barack obama for president, i would have heard with romney for president. that's just the way of campaigns, and you all know that. i think you have to think of china in two ways. and one was come it is sort of summed up. i had a meeting in beijing a couple weeks ago and i met with a man named john who will be the premier of china. so he's talking in chinese, very interesting man. and he says something in chinese and the translator translated, america and china are not rivals. i thought well, that's interesting. and he stopped the translator and said no know. i didn't say we were not rivals. we are rivals. but i said we're not necessarily on the opposite side of the table. and i think he captured something very important there. i think the way you need to take about china is this way. it's a huge country. world's most populous country. it is trying to change at a rate and on a scale that the world has never seen before. and that's a very hard thing to do. and i think we need to think about china in two ways. to the extent what they want is what most countrie
going to hear from barack obama for president, i would have heard with romney for president. that's just the way of campaigns, and you all know that. i think you have to think of china in two ways. and one was come it is sort of summed up. i had a meeting in beijing a couple weeks ago and i met with a man named john who will be the premier of china. so he's talking in chinese, very interesting man. and he says something in chinese and the translator translated, america and china are not rivals....
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we did see a big swing for obama in the northeast. he was already ahead, but in the final poll he was ahead even more. >> i will just add to that that whenever a president can appear presidential it is generally pretty good. particularly early in the campaign the president was good at that with flying overseas to make his surprise trip to afghanistan and multiple other things. and so this did help him. in addition to chris christie and the famous comments he made at the president, mike bloomberg's endorsement, which technically wasn't exactly toward the crestor related but coupled with that he said he told the president would be better on climate change and thinking about that because the storm -- that made a big difference. for people were just may be on the margins and these independents that is the romney campaign believed. >> question here. >> i'm interested in the impact of health care and the discussion are not medicare. you didn't really talk much about that, but there was a conversation when ryan was appointed as the president
we did see a big swing for obama in the northeast. he was already ahead, but in the final poll he was ahead even more. >> i will just add to that that whenever a president can appear presidential it is generally pretty good. particularly early in the campaign the president was good at that with flying overseas to make his surprise trip to afghanistan and multiple other things. and so this did help him. in addition to chris christie and the famous comments he made at the president, mike...
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we've made great success under our president obama. with fuel economy in place, investment of alternative energy, the military says it's important for them to ensure an agile, lethal, and adaptable combat force and ultimately national security. their words. so in addition to everything else, this is a need that the military has definitely outlined for us. a statement of administration policy on the house defense authorization bill, which contains a nearly identical provision, says that affecting d.o.d.'s ability to procure alternative fuels in this way -- quote -- "would further increase america's reliance on fossil fuels, thereby contributing to geopolitical instability and endangering our interests abroad." mr. president, some of the same people who call for boycotts on iran, which i support, somehow feel it's not important for us to be free from reliance on those kinds of countries for our oil. it makes no sense. you can't make these compartme compartments. you're going after countries that have oil and you're right to do it because
we've made great success under our president obama. with fuel economy in place, investment of alternative energy, the military says it's important for them to ensure an agile, lethal, and adaptable combat force and ultimately national security. their words. so in addition to everything else, this is a need that the military has definitely outlined for us. a statement of administration policy on the house defense authorization bill, which contains a nearly identical provision, says that...
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president obama was re-elected, and the obama administration had a number of, i think, foreign policy and counterterrorism successes in the first administration. obviously, bin laden was killed in the special operations raid. president obama oversaw the drawdown of troops in iran as well as afghanistan and, yet, i think the lasting legacy from the first term of the obama administration may well be what u.s. officials term the yemen model, how it is that the u.s. is going to fight these wars, these wars against non-state actors, groups against al-qaeda in the future, and in many ways, i think, that during the first term of the obama presidency yemen had become the laboratory for this approach. yemen is now a place over the past four years where the u.s. tested out ways in which it could fight al-qaeda. there's a number of approaches and the obama administration moved away from what the bush administration tempted to do with large ground scale invasions of iraq and afghanistan, and i think everybody who spends any time in yemen would agree that any sort of a boots on the ground approach
president obama was re-elected, and the obama administration had a number of, i think, foreign policy and counterterrorism successes in the first administration. obviously, bin laden was killed in the special operations raid. president obama oversaw the drawdown of troops in iran as well as afghanistan and, yet, i think the lasting legacy from the first term of the obama administration may well be what u.s. officials term the yemen model, how it is that the u.s. is going to fight these wars,...
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but some of the problems the obama administrations have. to use a term not in the derogatory sense because it came to me from the democrat. he said the president was a drive-by senator. he was in a real sender coming as a drive by by senator. came long after pic pick up his paycheck and then became president. tonight it was in the house long enough to understand. biden for 36 years and they did not have a congressional relation to have the kind of institutional memory. now they be forced to get some institutional memory by all of the scar tissue they've acquired over the last little while. >> great. i like to go to the audience question now. >> hi, thanks so much for a great presentation. wondered how hurricane sandy and the possible need for fema to get emergency supplemental aid will impact on the lame-duck and if you could talk a little bit about that and if you think the cr that goes through march now will be voted into that to be finished out for the year. >> let me talk about that because i wasn't appropriator. the preparation process
but some of the problems the obama administrations have. to use a term not in the derogatory sense because it came to me from the democrat. he said the president was a drive-by senator. he was in a real sender coming as a drive by by senator. came long after pic pick up his paycheck and then became president. tonight it was in the house long enough to understand. biden for 36 years and they did not have a congressional relation to have the kind of institutional memory. now they be forced to get...
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obama has no such plan. he is totally oblivious to these forces. but there will be lucky to end this process at 250 ships. the cbo estimate of what's possible to happen is somewheres between 270 ships from the north end, and 170 ships on the south bend. that assumes -- the south end. that assumes the current cbo cost estimates for the cost of these ships is about right, and we know from past experience that cbo always has higher estimates for the navy but in reality even cbo is a little. so the lower band of cbo ship count numbers is extremely possible, given what's going to be happening to the navy shipbuilding as the navy shipbuilding budget experiences tresses things like the f-35, if they are crazy not to buy it, which will be much more expensive to acquire and operate than existing aircraft. and there's going to be a duel with the navy budget between the f-35 and shipbuilding. they're both going to end up losing. as this shrinkage occurs in the navy fleet, it will of course also be aging. ships will be built at a rate lesser than the rate at w
obama has no such plan. he is totally oblivious to these forces. but there will be lucky to end this process at 250 ships. the cbo estimate of what's possible to happen is somewheres between 270 ships from the north end, and 170 ships on the south bend. that assumes -- the south end. that assumes the current cbo cost estimates for the cost of these ships is about right, and we know from past experience that cbo always has higher estimates for the navy but in reality even cbo is a little. so the...
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obama. during the foreign policy debate, in fact, there was an outright discussion about traditional means of warfare. this is some of the, you know, the newer versions. and i hesitate saying this, of course, with senator mccain because he jumped in on this, but the short of it is i want to say there are strongly held differing viewpoints. starting with your question, david was presenting one view on this. i think it needs to be set, there are differing views. we will also be headed toward the sequestration debate and discussion which is going to be a very significant one over the issue of our defense budget. but you have in this makes public opinion. and there is in the united states a reluctance in both candid it's and they know that americans are not looking to have books on the ground. having said that, i think that will gain made two important points, one of which is, let's look at afghanistan. right now there is a discussion about the status of forces agreement and what kind of presenc
obama. during the foreign policy debate, in fact, there was an outright discussion about traditional means of warfare. this is some of the, you know, the newer versions. and i hesitate saying this, of course, with senator mccain because he jumped in on this, but the short of it is i want to say there are strongly held differing viewpoints. starting with your question, david was presenting one view on this. i think it needs to be set, there are differing views. we will also be headed toward the...
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not just obama but any. and republican house when republicans have read majority and we ran against tax increases and we ran on maintaining wish lower tax rates for everybody, so we have a mandate, to. the republican mandate in the house is interesting because the democrats when they got their majorities in the house, '06 and await, they got to me and, to landslides. by the republicans only got one plain sight. the republicans got their landslide in 2010, the year when everybody was doing redistricting for the next decade. so the democrats won the house for four years and republicans, i was pleased to see, nate silver announced republicans have the house for the next decade. as you move forward a part of that when you look at, this is what i passed out, the republicans second item is the mandate is not all obama's. it's not going to have the house but they reelected the house, red states have republican governor in both houses legislature republican to 24 of them. 14 states have a democratic governor and a d
not just obama but any. and republican house when republicans have read majority and we ran against tax increases and we ran on maintaining wish lower tax rates for everybody, so we have a mandate, to. the republican mandate in the house is interesting because the democrats when they got their majorities in the house, '06 and await, they got to me and, to landslides. by the republicans only got one plain sight. the republicans got their landslide in 2010, the year when everybody was doing...
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barack obama is the president. that means the next four years, by the time he is through, the health care bill will be fully implemented and i predict very popular. people will be better and they want to see -- the financial reform bill will be fully implemented, substantially as written, to contribute stability. already people should be -- may be a stock that will step in to deal with the money market issue and i think the economy is poised after years of suppression to go forward. the business community is making a terrible mistake. they will deal themselves out -- of a turnaround but i was surprised they would take him plenty who ran for president on the democrats's terrible platform and financial services round table. if i was still a ranking democrat and tim pawlenty came in, my first request is please explain my marriage threatened use of much. i am little uncertain about that. secondly do you expect this to work with people who demonize us? >> what do you say to those who say dodd-frank didn't go far enough
barack obama is the president. that means the next four years, by the time he is through, the health care bill will be fully implemented and i predict very popular. people will be better and they want to see -- the financial reform bill will be fully implemented, substantially as written, to contribute stability. already people should be -- may be a stock that will step in to deal with the money market issue and i think the economy is poised after years of suppression to go forward. the...
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christina romer, president obama's chief economic advisor. has written in most circumstances a tax equals increase that equals about 1% of g.d.p. actually lowers g.d.p. by about 3%. harvard economist marty feldstein has written a 1 dollar increase in tax rates costs the economy about 76 cents in growth. there is a global perspective on this, too. other countries have gone through these fiscal problems and they have chosen to cut spending in some cases, raise taxes in other cases. there is a harvard economist, alberto halacena who has studied 17 countries in the developed world, this is over the past 25 years, and he has looked at how they have attempted to reduce their budget deficits. based on i.m.f. data which is international monetary fund, he concluded the tax-based deficit reduction was, in his words, always recessionary, always. by contrast, reducing deficits by cutting spending and enacting pro-growth reforms, including tax reform, actually spurred economic growth, according to his study. i think that's consistent with our own economic
christina romer, president obama's chief economic advisor. has written in most circumstances a tax equals increase that equals about 1% of g.d.p. actually lowers g.d.p. by about 3%. harvard economist marty feldstein has written a 1 dollar increase in tax rates costs the economy about 76 cents in growth. there is a global perspective on this, too. other countries have gone through these fiscal problems and they have chosen to cut spending in some cases, raise taxes in other cases. there is a...
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obama's a different matter. he wants a palestinian state. he was decisively rebuked in the first year and a half of the administration, couldn't persuade israel to carry out a settlement freeze, much less withdraw from territory. could next yeah be different? i fell into the camp of those who think the time for a two-state solution has probably passed. israeli settlements recolluded the possibility. there's settlers committed to staying there. it's not clear any israeli government could remove them without risking a civil war, and though there's mild israeli polling majorities in favor of a two-state solution, there's no significant israeli constituency for giving up sovereignty over east jerusalem, and the palestinian state without the capital is a non-starter. there's now one state between the mediterranean an jordan river, a state connected by a highly developed infrastructure of roads and water pipelines. i'm not sure when the point of return was passed, seven years ago on my first visit to israel, it was plausible to speak of a palestin
obama's a different matter. he wants a palestinian state. he was decisively rebuked in the first year and a half of the administration, couldn't persuade israel to carry out a settlement freeze, much less withdraw from territory. could next yeah be different? i fell into the camp of those who think the time for a two-state solution has probably passed. israeli settlements recolluded the possibility. there's settlers committed to staying there. it's not clear any israeli government could remove...
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knott obama's $5 trillion. he did it. we are going to have to pay it rather do that through growth than the higher taxes the but slow the economic growth. >> i would like to talk more about this dual mandate that you referred to and of the three quick propositions to see how they sort of come together. the first is coming and i've written this many times, presidential elections are referendums on the incumbent party and in that vein such as the case as i believe it is, then you have to say that it's a judge to by the electorate was not a tremendous perhaps lackluster but not so as to make him ineligible for rehiring. second, when the country is in a serious political deadlock of the kind that we are in now and it's happened in our history but it doesn't happen often it generally means that the deadlock is focused on a definition question of america, and the definition question faced in this country is that we are going to go towards a european style of social democracy or more towards the traditional conservative populism
knott obama's $5 trillion. he did it. we are going to have to pay it rather do that through growth than the higher taxes the but slow the economic growth. >> i would like to talk more about this dual mandate that you referred to and of the three quick propositions to see how they sort of come together. the first is coming and i've written this many times, presidential elections are referendums on the incumbent party and in that vein such as the case as i believe it is, then you have to...
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the great investment for obama will be to invest in ads in certain video. the i want to ask you one last thing. what extend is all of this preserve of kind of an upper middle class college-educate college plus slice of society is what's happening here truly engaging all americans or is this ultimately a way in which one slice is finding more like minded folks but not really reaching beyond their slice? local campaigns thousands of them people that are kicked out of their homes are going to be because they cannot reach their loan office at the bank and by target a petition and embarrassing the bank they are able to get media attention and stay in their home. the second is the case around immigration. people that aren't legal in the country in the country legally documented documented in the country are able to start campaign on their own behalf to get them to stop from being deported. >> [inaudible] ultimately you're not going to be able to launch petition companies on millions of people facing foreclosure the kind of us has to be dealt with by a policy if i
the great investment for obama will be to invest in ads in certain video. the i want to ask you one last thing. what extend is all of this preserve of kind of an upper middle class college-educate college plus slice of society is what's happening here truly engaging all americans or is this ultimately a way in which one slice is finding more like minded folks but not really reaching beyond their slice? local campaigns thousands of them people that are kicked out of their homes are going to be...
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let's assume obama is reelected. it's very difficult for the party of the president to pick up seats in the sixth year of a president eight year term. we did that, i was chair in 1990 and we did that and it was her in usual. it was so unusual that gingrich lost his speakership as result of that but it's very unusual and will be hard for democrats, assuming obama is reelected, it is hard for the democrats to take the house back in the next election. but for years from now, i think it's still possible that the house will be up for grabs, and again, a lot will depend on how congress reacts to the problems facing the country. if congress does not solve the problems the next two years, you might finally have an election where the public says, let's throw the bums out. i thought that might happen fisher. it doesn't appear that's going to be the case this year but it could happen in the future. my guess is that the new president, the next president, who i believe will be obama, but the next elected president will immediatel
let's assume obama is reelected. it's very difficult for the party of the president to pick up seats in the sixth year of a president eight year term. we did that, i was chair in 1990 and we did that and it was her in usual. it was so unusual that gingrich lost his speakership as result of that but it's very unusual and will be hard for democrats, assuming obama is reelected, it is hard for the democrats to take the house back in the next election. but for years from now, i think it's still...
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with the highest number of strikes we have engaged in a and anybody in this audience knows president obama six times more drone strikes in the first term than george will you bush and his two terms in office. now the numbers of the strikes are up 40% in 2011 they have about 25% in that point in 2012 and i think this is a very good thing. you know, mainly because we shouldn't employee at all the time. he had the most important army chief of staff general chianti and he said why have you done 300 strikes it doesn't add to the i think that is a good point and if you look at the vision of the strikes and the the date of how many were civilian we at the new foundation think that the civilian is now very low in the single digits but certainly there is a civilian casualty problem in pakistan that we enjoy the favorability rating down from about 20% and they are part of that story of the cost of the successful drone program is 180 million that's a pretty high cost so because of the work of the people like ambassador munter was then pushed back against the cia saying this could be more discriminato
with the highest number of strikes we have engaged in a and anybody in this audience knows president obama six times more drone strikes in the first term than george will you bush and his two terms in office. now the numbers of the strikes are up 40% in 2011 they have about 25% in that point in 2012 and i think this is a very good thing. you know, mainly because we shouldn't employee at all the time. he had the most important army chief of staff general chianti and he said why have you done 300...
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obama's record and agenda were there for all of america to see. surely this time america wouldn't buy yet. somehow enough of us did and we have to ask ourselves how did this happen? some of us are due from the start that this would rather be obama by a hair or romney in a landslide, and for good reason. in politics there are too irritable truths. fine be defined. he who succeeds the projection in his opponent in the presumption and to insult the positive one wins. given his atrocious record in the first term, arguably the worst performance in modern history, and given that he had nothing to offer the first four years except for more of the same it should have been a cakewalk to define him but he didn't pence obama's victory. second, when republicans distinguish themselves from democrats as mr. viguerie just pointed out, they win. there is a simple reason for this. the democrats always run to the left end of the political spectrum. republic support hovers around 20%. republicans have always enjoyed the support of conservatives, and that number is a
obama's record and agenda were there for all of america to see. surely this time america wouldn't buy yet. somehow enough of us did and we have to ask ourselves how did this happen? some of us are due from the start that this would rather be obama by a hair or romney in a landslide, and for good reason. in politics there are too irritable truths. fine be defined. he who succeeds the projection in his opponent in the presumption and to insult the positive one wins. given his atrocious record in...
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real he voted with barack obama 95% of the time. which is the most -- president president obama 95% of the time and i believe i better represent the values and the principles of montana when they say enough is enough. get off of small get -- >> moderator: i believe so you a followup. >> congressman rehberg first. do you have any idea how much money has been spend by your campaign or even some of the pac money that backs you even with the ads that say that you have not approved the message? >> i do not. >> senator tester. tester: our budget around $10,000. that's the money that i raised to put my ads on the tv. i would anticipate that the third party money coming in the secret dollars, the corporate money, maybe from a foreign country, probably double that. >> that's what our estimate sighs in a little bit of research this afternoon show it was double for what that was. >> if you want, i can show you my budget was $8 million. i can't begin to tell you what kind of outside spending is done. i have to tell you it's not about campaign s
real he voted with barack obama 95% of the time. which is the most -- president president obama 95% of the time and i believe i better represent the values and the principles of montana when they say enough is enough. get off of small get -- >> moderator: i believe so you a followup. >> congressman rehberg first. do you have any idea how much money has been spend by your campaign or even some of the pac money that backs you even with the ads that say that you have not approved the...
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obama. met in tallahassee, florida, honor democrats line. make sure you're turned on your television or your feedback on this, go ahead. transferred hello? >> host: you are on the air. go ahead. >> caller: i'm calling on the democratic line transport i will put you on hold. make sure you meet your television. to our republican line, sandy is next in new mexico. >> callerare you there? we will try paul and boulder city nevada back your democrats line. paul, hello? >> caller: thank you for c-span. watching the president's comments, he's not going to take a hardline on whether the attacks which are going to go back to the clinton era. i don't understand why this president is not, i mean, as before, i hope we're not seeing a repeat, you know, the progressives and liberals really push him over the line along with labor. you know, he's got to take a stronger stance because the republicans, mitch mcconnell and cantor and boehner, they are not, you know, really acknowledging that the people have sen
obama. met in tallahassee, florida, honor democrats line. make sure you're turned on your television or your feedback on this, go ahead. transferred hello? >> host: you are on the air. go ahead. >> caller: i'm calling on the democratic line transport i will put you on hold. make sure you meet your television. to our republican line, sandy is next in new mexico. >> callerare you there? we will try paul and boulder city nevada back your democrats line. paul, hello? >>...
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back in 2008 barack obama winning by ten percentage points. unemployment in the state essentially mirroring what we have nation wild, 8.2% -- nationwide, 8.2%. terry madonna, neighboring ohio is getting an awful lot of attention with its 18 electoral votes. what is so different between ohio and pennsylvania that makes the buckeye state more of a battleground than pennsylvania at least at the moment? >> guest: yeah. yeah, well, the essential difference is that ohio has a good many be more sort of moderate independent voters at this point which are likely to vote either republican or democrat. as i pointed out a moment ago, the reason the democrats have done well is they've captured the suburbs of our state in these last, in the presidential elections in recent years, and that's been the defining difference. you've got that big swath of in the middle of ohio in columbus that is the battleground area there. obviously, with the cleveland area up in the northeastern part of the state being democratic and the cincinnati part out in the southwest bei
back in 2008 barack obama winning by ten percentage points. unemployment in the state essentially mirroring what we have nation wild, 8.2% -- nationwide, 8.2%. terry madonna, neighboring ohio is getting an awful lot of attention with its 18 electoral votes. what is so different between ohio and pennsylvania that makes the buckeye state more of a battleground than pennsylvania at least at the moment? >> guest: yeah. yeah, well, the essential difference is that ohio has a good many be more...
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obama is demanded by congress and george w. bush's tax cuts for the top 2% of income earners households earning more than two and $50,000 a year, that those are extended. the middle class defined as households earning under that amount would be spared, continuing to enjoy the lower rates ushered through congress by mr. bush -- >> "washington journal" airs live every morning at seven eastern on c-span. senators are coming by again after their weekly party lunches, and are expected to debate defense and public policy programs. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from new york. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. schumer: mr. president, i rise to discuss the state of the ongoing negotiations to avert the fiscal cliff. so far, there's been little progress reported at the negotiating table. since the president's very productive meeting with the bipartisan leaders from the house and senate on november 16, the subsequent s
obama is demanded by congress and george w. bush's tax cuts for the top 2% of income earners households earning more than two and $50,000 a year, that those are extended. the middle class defined as households earning under that amount would be spared, continuing to enjoy the lower rates ushered through congress by mr. bush -- >> "washington journal" airs live every morning at seven eastern on c-span. senators are coming by again after their weekly party lunches, and are...
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that's president obama's national intelligence director. and he's the man to make the final opinion on that for the president. and in 2012, in the annual report to congress on the military power of iran issued by the department defense, it states -- quote -- "in additio addition" -- it states that in addition to increasing the number of missiles, its missile inventories -- quote -- "iran has boosted the lethality and effectiveness of its existing missile systems with accuracy improvements and new submissions payloads." also, north korea has warned the united states in october of 2012 that the united states mainland is within reach of its missiles. so -- and i'll wrap up since i can't talk much longer anyway. we have to recognize the grim fact that there are very dangerous countries with nuclear weapons, north korea,
that's president obama's national intelligence director. and he's the man to make the final opinion on that for the president. and in 2012, in the annual report to congress on the military power of iran issued by the department defense, it states -- quote -- "in additio addition" -- it states that in addition to increasing the number of missiles, its missile inventories -- quote -- "iran has boosted the lethality and effectiveness of its existing missile systems with accuracy...
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jared, why did the obama administration do more -- why didn't the obama administration do more for poor communities, given his work as a community organizer? >> if you look, get them going to quote one of my colleagues from the center on budget policy, a guy named our lock sherman, you can go on the website of her institution, cbp.org. you will find a number of papers that look at the impact on poverty of the stimulus, the recovery act. the recovery out listed millions of people out of poverty. the millions -- if you weren't working it didn't help you but obviously a lot of people kept their job. the child tax credit was made refundable down to lower income level, lifted off people out of poverty. the making work pay tax credits helped. with expansions unemployment insurance, critical for the safety -- i like him you heard sheldon say we will probably learned more about poverty went up in 2011. and questioned if the shoe when things is because we have pulled back some of the safety nets, particularly insurance of extended unemployment insurance programs running out for people and the la
jared, why did the obama administration do more -- why didn't the obama administration do more for poor communities, given his work as a community organizer? >> if you look, get them going to quote one of my colleagues from the center on budget policy, a guy named our lock sherman, you can go on the website of her institution, cbp.org. you will find a number of papers that look at the impact on poverty of the stimulus, the recovery act. the recovery out listed millions of people out of...
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and finally president obama is back on the campaign trail. we'll have him live from the university of colorado at boulder, and that's at 9 p.m. eastern. c-span will have that too. >> i regard medicare as not just a program, but a promise. i was raised by my grand apartments. i got to see how medicare worked at a very young age, and it is -- they paid in throughout their working lives. we have to strengthen and extend its solvency. but i would note that tommy thompson supports a program to replace traditional medicare with a voucher. send people off to the private health insurance world with a piece of paper that doesn't keep up with costs. tough luck, it's out of their own pocket. shifting costs to severes as was the sweetheart deal with the drug companies, it's the wrong policy. >> medicare, ladies and gentlemen, is going to go bankrupt in the year 2024. i do not want medicare to go bankrupt. of i want to fix medicare, but i want to make sure that seniors in america and wisconsin are protected, and only those that are going to be under the a
and finally president obama is back on the campaign trail. we'll have him live from the university of colorado at boulder, and that's at 9 p.m. eastern. c-span will have that too. >> i regard medicare as not just a program, but a promise. i was raised by my grand apartments. i got to see how medicare worked at a very young age, and it is -- they paid in throughout their working lives. we have to strengthen and extend its solvency. but i would note that tommy thompson supports a program to...
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we have had today obama's victory and this anniversary of the october revolution and you have touched on other historical events. [inaudible] >> ms. zimmer. >> translator: i really don't want the october revolution to cause such enthusiasm in the aisles. i mentioned it because you, like me, experience the winds of change in 1989 and one of the consequences was a system where there was social freedom, individual freedoms. that is something -- those two things could work together for any length of time and now the policy that has been adopted with greece and other countries in the periphery of europe, policy of austerity that forces people to lose property and forces them to lose their jobs. economies are failing and they don't have any future and they are not going to succeed. austerity kills. sum some of the members from my group have gotten that message across to you before this meeting and i would refer you to the social rights committee of the council of europe. they have suggested a number of measures. there was a memorandum on greece, where they infringed the social chapter. that
we have had today obama's victory and this anniversary of the october revolution and you have touched on other historical events. [inaudible] >> ms. zimmer. >> translator: i really don't want the october revolution to cause such enthusiasm in the aisles. i mentioned it because you, like me, experience the winds of change in 1989 and one of the consequences was a system where there was social freedom, individual freedoms. that is something -- those two things could work together for...
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but -- >> so if president obama wins, what happens in the legislature? >> well, i think there are two really important pieces in the legislation. there's, obviously, the info sharing and the critical protections. the white house has indicated that they are moving forward on an executive order, and i think regardless of what happens on tuesday, that executive order will go forward. to them, this is not a political issue. they believe that this is critical to the national security. i suspect that they will, that they will issue that either way. so then that leaves congress. in light of that, what can congress do? i think there are people who think that we should bring up our bill again, um, and to try another crack at it. i will say that the bill was, we lost 53-46 with five democrats who voted against, and postelection things change. and some of their concerns may be addressed. it will be a lot closer. whether it will pass, you know, who knows? >> what's this executive order going to say, and then we'll take a few questions here, and then we'll, um -- >>
but -- >> so if president obama wins, what happens in the legislature? >> well, i think there are two really important pieces in the legislation. there's, obviously, the info sharing and the critical protections. the white house has indicated that they are moving forward on an executive order, and i think regardless of what happens on tuesday, that executive order will go forward. to them, this is not a political issue. they believe that this is critical to the national security. i...
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biden has co-sponsored with our first lady, michelle obama, the national initiative joining forces, providing support and expanding opportunities for veterans and active duty personnel and their families. that exemplifies the commitment to those who serve and who have served, and the strength of character of jill biden and of her home, the first state. i know delaware's citizens will honor their state's namesake, follow her as she comes to life in a few years and embrace those who sail in her for decades to come as she in turn honors the first state's legacy, and she sails the seas in defense of our nation and upholding her state's motto: freedom and liberty. and the navy motto, forever courageous. now, it's my happy privilege to introduce the sponsor of the uss delaware, dr. jill biden. [applause] >> thank you, secretary maybus, for that kind introduction. this is a very exciting day. as a proud military mom and a very delawarean, i am honored to sponsor the uss delaware. one of the best parts of serving as second lady is that i have the opportunity to meet with so many members of our milita
biden has co-sponsored with our first lady, michelle obama, the national initiative joining forces, providing support and expanding opportunities for veterans and active duty personnel and their families. that exemplifies the commitment to those who serve and who have served, and the strength of character of jill biden and of her home, the first state. i know delaware's citizens will honor their state's namesake, follow her as she comes to life in a few years and embrace those who sail in her...
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[inaudible conversations] president obama travels to pennsylvania today to push for an extension of the bush era middle-class taxes. mr. obama is trying to reach a deal with congress to avoid some of the automatic spending cuts and tax increases that take effect in january. live coverage from hatfield pennsylvania at noon eastern on c-span. >> program began under wraps who was one of the advisors to president franklin roosevelt. to document the conditions under which people were living. this was back when we didn't have television. we had radio, but a lot of places didn't have electricity so they couldn't listen to the radio broadcasts to find out what was going on in other parts of the country. striker, who is an economist from columbia university, he was the head of this project, and in 1939 when kodak introduce color film, they said film to roy stryker to have his photographers try out. see what they could do. kodak was trying to establish a new market, new product and they wanted people who would know how to use it effectively. to try it out and publicize it. >> america of the 1930s
[inaudible conversations] president obama travels to pennsylvania today to push for an extension of the bush era middle-class taxes. mr. obama is trying to reach a deal with congress to avoid some of the automatic spending cuts and tax increases that take effect in january. live coverage from hatfield pennsylvania at noon eastern on c-span. >> program began under wraps who was one of the advisors to president franklin roosevelt. to document the conditions under which people were living....
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it is not binding on president obama. and it will not affect any negotiations between washington and kabul on whether a residual force of u.s. military advisors in afghanistan would be there after 2014. mr. president, u.s. forces went to afghanistan in pursuit of those who planned and ordered the september 11 terrorist attack on the united states of america that killed over 3,000 of our citizens. with valor and courage they drove from power the taliban, which had given bin laden a base from which he could launch his horrific attacks on innocent american civilians. they captured or killed or brought to justice the leaders of al qaeda and eventually they tracked down bin laden himself and made sure that he would never, ever, ever harm another american. after more than ten years, more than 1,900 american lives and more than $500 billion, it is time to bring our warriors home to a hero's welcome. time to focus our resources on rebuilding america, not on rebuilding afghanistan. i've said many times on this floor, if you help u
it is not binding on president obama. and it will not affect any negotiations between washington and kabul on whether a residual force of u.s. military advisors in afghanistan would be there after 2014. mr. president, u.s. forces went to afghanistan in pursuit of those who planned and ordered the september 11 terrorist attack on the united states of america that killed over 3,000 of our citizens. with valor and courage they drove from power the taliban, which had given bin laden a base from...